Phialemonium curvatum arthritis of the knee following intra-articular injection of a corticosteroid

Medical Mycology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 571-574

  Dan, Michael ^a   Yossepowitch, Orit ^a   Hendel, David ^a   Shwartz, Orna ^a   Sutton, Deanna A ^b  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Intra articular injection; Mold; Phialemonium curvatum; Steroids

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CASPOFUNGIN; CEFAZOLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; GENTAMICIN; HYALURONIC ACID; ITRACONAZOLE; LONG ACTING DRUG; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; POSACONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG SAFETY; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; KNEE ARTHRITIS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHIALEMONIUM CURVATUM; RETREATMENT; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS;

PHIALEMONIUM CURVATUM;

EID: 33748625999     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780600631883     Document Type: Article

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